Navigating Duquesne University: A Guide for New and Transfer Students
Making the transition to a new university, especially as a transfer student, can be both exciting and overwhelming. Duquesne University, with its national reputation for academic excellence, offers a welcoming environment where students can achieve their goals. This article serves as a guide to help new and transfer students navigate university life and make the most of their Duquesne experience.
Embracing Campus Life
If you live on campus, your opportunities for socializing and student activities are automatically increased. A great way to combat this dilemma and make friends is to get involved with campus life. Duquesne has a diverse range of clubs, sports and activities available to students of every background, and members of those clubs are more than happy to see others showing an interest. Even just browsing a bulletin board can provide a wealth of information about what’s happening on campus. But if you’ve missed any flyers, getting involved is still as easy as visiting the Campus Link page from your DORI account and exploring.
The Value of Academic Advisers
One of many valuable resources is the presence of our academic advisers and the significance of their roles in our lives as first-year transfer students. Like all students, transfer students come from diverse backgrounds, but unlike new freshmen, we have a bit more experience under our belts, which is certainly a positive thing. We’ve participated in campus life already to a certain extent - whether at community colleges or other universities - and for the most part, we know the ropes. We’ve learned from our mistakes and have taken the sagely advice from those that came before us. But it’s also not uncommon to feel like a fish out of water and more than a little bit lonely regardless of everything we’ve experienced elsewhere. Because, let’s face it: We don’t know everything.
It’s easy to forget that it’s perfectly acceptable to see them for reasons beyond building the ideal schedule for the coming semesters. Part of what makes them great resources is right there in their title: Academic advisers advise. They can help put our stress, fear and confusion into perspective and often have solutions to our problems that we might not have considered yet.
“Transfer students often come to Duquesne with a basic understanding of how colleges work, so to speak, but sometimes need additional guidance when it comes to accomplishing familiar tasks in a new setting,” Klewein explained. “Advisors have extensive experience in working with the requirements of their respective academic program,” he said. “They know how and where a student’s academic program intersects with core requirements. So check in with your academic adviser every now and again.
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Commuter Assistants: Your Peer Support System
“[They] are upperclassmen commuter students who are selected on the basis of scholarship, leadership and experience,” Lewis said. “They serve as peer advisers, plan activities, provide information and assist new commuter students in their transition to Duquesne. If you’re a transfer student, your CA will have been assigned to you, so remember to keep in touch with them this semester in order to make the most of your university experience.
DORI: Your Gateway to Online Resources
Your MultiPass account is created when you are accepted to the University. to DORI, Duquesne's online resources and information portal.
Technology Resources
Students have access to several computer labs across campus. Office, SPSS, Adobe Reader and EndNote. Students receive a print quota of 3,000 pages, which renews yearly in July. pages. Students can download Microsoft Office for free on up to five personal computers and mobile devices. Students have access to cloud storage with Box. Duquesne promotes a safe computing environment for its students, faculty and staff. You can enroll in Duo MFA by visiting duq.edu/duo. appropriate use of Duquesne's technology environment.
Paying Your Bills
The entire account balance is due by the end of the first week of classes. Discover, VISA, American Express, and MasterCard payments with a non-refundable 2.85% service fee. wish to pay. eChecks allow you to pay online through our Tuition Payment Portal. Cash or check payments can be taken in person to the Cashier's Office. Flywire accepts payments from any country - typically in your home currency. amount to your basket. you were using a regular bank to pay. the amount. Management System (BDMS) for Cash Receipt Forms (CR-1). required to keep a copy of checks on file. For example reimbursement for overcharge of Office Depot invoice. No. to a CR-1, DO NOT put the credit card number on the CR-1. Yes. Yes, you will not lose this money.
Campus Events
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